American Shared Hospital Services key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, American Shared Hospital Services had return on equity of -6.3%, an operating margin of -12.8%, debt equal to 72.4% of equity and a current ratio of 0.76. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 41.7% | 21.6% | 20.3% | 20.3% | 19.7% | 17.1% | 20.3% | 47.0% | 44.3% | 38.0% | 33.6% | 25.0% | 38.2% | 42.4% | 43.8% | 32.4% | 18.0% | 17.1% |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 3.2% | −0.2% | 6.0% | 17.6% | 12.3% | 9.4% | 7.5% | −53.1% | 7.7% | 12.3% | 1.3% | −9.9% | −12.8% | −11.8% |
| Net margin | −1.1% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 0.1% | −0.9% | −3.1% | −4.6% | 5.0% | 9.8% | 5.2% | 3.2% | −39.6% | 1.1% | 6.7% | 2.9% | 7.7% | −5.5% | −5.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 39.1% | 20.6% | 3.1% | 0.7% | 18.1% | 5.1% | 23.1% | 39.2% | 36.1% | 32.9% | 34.2% | 52.1% | 26.1% | 34.7% | −2.6% | −27.4% | −16.2% | 11.6% |
| Return on equity | −0.8% | 0.3% | 2.5% | 0.2% | −1.6% | −4.6% | −7.3% | 4.5% | 8.5% | 4.2% | 2.6% | −31.2% | 1.0% | 6.4% | 2.8% | 9.1% | −6.3% | −7.5% |
| Return on assets | — | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.1% | −0.4% | −1.4% | −2.5% | 1.6% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 1.2% | −14.5% | 0.4% | 3.0% | 1.3% | 4.0% | −2.7% | −3.3% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.54 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.56 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.03 | 1.77 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.88 | 0.69 | 0.91 | 0.99 | 1.05 | 1.31 | 0.88 | 2.56 | 3.62 | 1.90 | 2.52 | 0.76 | 0.77 |
| Debt to equity | — | 62.7% | 76.1% | 174.0% | 79.2% | 91.0% | 47.7% | 34.0% | 25.4% | 21.7% | 13.4% | 26.4% | 78.9% | 63.2% | 69.8% | 81.1% | 72.4% | 70.5% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 0.3x | 0.4x | 0.7x | 0.3x | 0.6x | n/m | 1.6x | 1.9x | 1.3x | 1.1x | 1.2x | n/m | 1.8x | 3.0x | 0.2x | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | 34.6% | 17.1% | 12.3% | 11.6% | — | — | — | 29.5% | — | 21.7% | 8.2% | — | 28.4% | 38.2% | 61.9% | −23.8% | — | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 23.4% | 12.7% | 10.2% | 11.9% | 11.4% | 11.8% | 10.6% | 20.3% | 22.1% | 20.3% | 19.7% | 25.8% | 25.7% | 26.1% | 32.9% | 26.1% | 25.2% | 24.6% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 6.8% | 0.9% | 14.2% | 19.5% | 4.9% | 16.9% | 2.7% | 5.6% | 4.1% | 8.0% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 9.5% | 2.0% | 29.4% | 28.0% | 27.2% | 6.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | >999% | 244.5% | 618.4% | — | — | — | 788.8% | 366.6% | 633.9% | >999% | — | >999% | 515.6% | −91.0% | −355.5% | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 4.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.9% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 19.6% | 35.3% | 15.4% | 23.1% | 22.1% | 11.7% | 18.2% | 17.0% |
| Operating margin | −12.7% | −20.2% | −21.3% | −7.7% | −4.8% | −18.1% | −13.0% | −10.8% |
| Net margin | −3.0% | −14.6% | −10.2% | −4.0% | −0.2% | −8.2% | −8.6% | −6.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −5.8% | −48.4% | −24.7% | −32.1% | −28.3% | 16.6% | 29.8% | 25.8% |
| Current ratio | 1.46 | 2.52 | 1.87 | 1.17 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.77 |
| Debt to equity | 54.4% | 80.1% | 80.8% | 78.0% | 74.0% | 72.0% | 143.2% | 140.3% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 27.5% | 18.8% | 29.6% | 24.7% | 21.4% | 25.7% | 27.0% | 24.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $17m of assets due within a year against $22m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $17m short-term assets against $4m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $7m of cash against $32m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 140% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 72% to 140% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $5m of operating cash flow against $32m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$4m against $1m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard American Shared Hospital Services's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 2 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 3.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 6 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 34.7%, moving by 8.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 1.8%; its worst year was -46.1%.
- Cash conversion 18 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 9 years, at a median 27.0% of revenue.
- Discipline 14 / 20
The diluted share count rose 9.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.7% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (39 before it).
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